Feb 5, 2005:
Chris Broad, the ICC match referee, found Abdul Razzaq not guilty of a dissent charge following a Code of Conduct hearing at the conclusion of the first VB Series final against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Feb 4, 2005:
Harbhajan Singh, the Indian offspinner, has openly taken credit for triggering Matthew Hayden's batting slump while maintaining that the cricketing world has missed Hayden's attacking batting this season

Feb 3, 2005:
Inzamam-ul-Haq has said that Pakistan will concentrate on preserving wickets early in the innings as they bid to upset Australia in the first match of the VB Series finals at Melbourne on Friday

Feb 2, 2005:
Pakistan's captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq, has been fined 100% of his match fee, after being found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct for his side's slow over rate in their victory over West Indies on Tuesday

Feb 2, 2005:
After West Indies failed to qualify in the VB series finals, Brian Lara, their captain, felt that Pakistan have the killer instinct to beat Australia in the best-of-three finals beginning on Friday at Melbourne